Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics

Department of Business Administration

Chair of Production and Operations Management
(Lehrstuhl für Produktion und Logistik)
o. Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Richard F. Hartl

040147
Special Topics in Produktion /Logistik/SCM: Softwaretool in Decision Support

Lecturer

Dates & Places

  • Tuesday, 13:15h - 14:45h, PC Seminarraum 1 (Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1)
  • First day: 1. March 2016
  • Important appointments:
    • Test 1: May 10th, 13:15h
    • Test 2: June 21th, 13:15h

    Secretary 

    Alexandra Ederer


    Language of Instruction

    English

    Course content

    This course gives an introduction to programming using Python for decision support applications, with a focus on the Traveling Salesperson Problem (TSP).
    • Part I. Introduction
    • Part II. Python fundamentals
      • Variables and operators
      • Conditional statements and loops
      • Functions
      • Input/Output
    • Part III. Practice on the TSP
      • Construction heuristic
      • Improvement heuristic

        Grading

        • Homework 20% (4x5%)
        • Participation in class, present your solution to the exercises (10%)
        • Tests 50% (2x25%)
        • Project work 20% (2x10%)

            Literature

            Course Materials

            ...available on the Moodle e-learning platform.
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